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Fast Fact: How’s your state doing?
Read moreWhile all states have a lot of work to do to get all students to new, college- and career-ready…
Joint Statement From Six Student, Youth, Consumer, and Education Organizations on Today’s Senate Vote on Student Loan Interest Rates
Read moreAmerican Federation of Teachers, The Education Trust, The Institute for College Access and Success, US PIRG, United States Student…
Uneven at the Start: Differences in State Track Records Foreshadow Challenges and Opportunities for Common Core
Read moreNo state can afford to implement the Common Core State Standards without an honest appraisal of where their students…
New Analyses Examine State Track Records in Performance and Improvement
Read moreWASHINGTON (July 9, 2013) Common Core standards have the potential to dramatically raise the rigor of instruction -…
Statement from The Education Trust on the Student Loan Interest Rate Increase
Read moreWASHINGTON (July 1, 2013) — We are disappointed that Congress was unable to agree on a solution to keep…
Fast Fact: Good news
Read moreThere’s good news in NAEP long-term trends. In reading, the black-white and Latino-white gaps for 17-year-olds have narrowed by…
Brief Analysis and Statement from The Education Trust on the NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment
Read moreWASHINGTON (June 27, 2013) The results from the 2012 long-term trend National Assessment of Educational Progress show that…
Statement from The Education Trust on Supreme Court’s Fisher v. University of Texas Decision
Read moreWASHINGTON (June 24, 2013) The Supreme Courts decision today in Fisher v. University of Texas reaffirmed the bedrock…
Fast Fact: Teacher prep isn’t measuring up
Read moreOnly 30% of elementary and special education teacher prep programs adequately teach candidates the most effective methods for helping…
Statement from The Education Trust, National Center for Learning Disabilities, National Council of La Raza and U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the Student Success Act
Read moreWASHINGTON (June 19, 2013) The reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is an important step toward putting…
Statement from The Education Trust on the Department of Education’s Announcement Concerning the College- and Career-Ready Transition
Read moreWASHINGTON (June 18, 2013) Todays Department of Education announcement misses the mark on a responsible transition to new…
Fast Fact: They’re Closing Access Gaps
Read moreAt 10% of high schools, AP participation by low-income students is greater or equal to that of higher income…
Statement by Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust, on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Read moreWASHINGTON (June 11, 2013) Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is long overdue. Eleven years since…
Fast Fact: 600,000 Students Missing from AP Courses
Read moreNationwide, over 600,000 more low-income students and students of color would benefit from AP courses in their schools if…